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Jane Scott

Jane Scott is a British-born Australian film producer.

Scott was born in Epsom, Surrey. From a background in magazine journalism in the UK, she started out in the film industry at The British Film Institute Production Board working for three years as Production Co-ordinator.

In 1972 Scott began her association with Australian filmmaking with Bruce Beresford on The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, setting up the production in London and completing the film in Australia. Jane returned to Australia in 1973 for Reg Grundy Enterprises to work on a number of productions and again in 1974/5 as Associate Producer on Barry Mckenzie Holds His Own.

Over more than thirty years in the film industry Scott has worked on a large number of feature films, television productions and television commercials throughout the world. Titles of some of the films she has been involved with include My Brilliant Career, Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee II, and Strictly Ballroom.

Shine, which Scott produced in 1996, received world-wide acclaim and a large number of local and international awards and nominations including nine AFI Awards and seven nominations at the 1996 Academy Awards with Geoffrey Rush winning the Best Actor Oscar. As well as being nominated herself for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA as the producer of Shine, Scott was also nominated for the Darryl F. Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award (1996) by the Producers Guild of America.

Scott's next feature, the very confronting Head On, directed by Ana Kokkinos, was officially selected for screening at the 30th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), 1998 Cannes Film Festival and also received critical acclaim with its Australian and international release. More recently, Love's Brother, an Italian love story, written and directed by Jan Sardi, won Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis.

Filmography

SHINE »

The 1996 multi-award winning Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions...

KILLING PRISCILLA »

Not so very long ago, Stephan Elliott wrote and directed a movie called THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. It was a low-budget no-stars trip through the Australian outback with a bunch of drag queens...